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RAIL AND RAIL No. 282,237.

(No Model.)

FOR BARN D0 Patented July 31. 1883.

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LE GRAND TERRY, OF DUNDEE, NEWYORK.

RAIL AND- RAIL-SUPPORT FOR BARN-DOORS.

SPECIFICATION formingpart of Letters Patent No. 282,237, dated July 31, 1883.

Application filed August 29. 1882. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, LE GRAND TERRY, of Dundee, in the county of Yates and State of New York, have invented .a new and useful Improvement in Rails and Rail-Supports for Barn-Doors, of which the following is "a full,

clear, and exact description.

This invention relates to the rails and railsupports for barn and other doors in which the door, provided with suitablehangers having attached rollers, is suspended from and arranged to run upon an overhead rail.

The invention consists in. a novel construction of rail-supports which are of knee form, with a front upwardly-bent lip, and are constructed with angular braces or plates uniting their bottoms and backs, whereby a light but strong rail-support is obtained sufficient to hold up the heaviest door.

The invention also consists in a peculiar lapped construction of the meeting ends of the rails or rail-sections, and arrangement of the lapped ends of the rails upon the supports back of the front lips thereof, whereby the railis prevented from sagging when the door-carrying rollers pass from one section to the other, and from springing out or in to destroy the perfect condition of the joint.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, in which similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure 1 represents an elevation of a front of a barn in part, with its door and attached hangers and rollers applied to a rail, and railsupports constructed in accordance with my invention. Fig. 2 is a front view, upon a larger scale, of the rail-sections in part, in

, oonnectionwith their supports; and Fig. 3, a

transverse section, also upon a larger scale, in the line .00 a; in Fig. 1.

A indicates the front of a barn, and B its door, having attached hangers ,0 G, fitted with rollers D D, arranged to run upon a wroughtiron rail made in sections E E. The rail E E rests upon wrought iron knee-shaped supports G G, the upright backs b of which are secured to the barn front or wall A, and the base portions 0 of which terminate at-the front in upward-bent lips d. Uniting the base 0 5 with the back b of each of these supports, by welding or otherwise, is an angular brace or plate, f, which serves to so strengthen the support that, although of a light construction itself, it is sufficient to hold up the heaviest door. The rail'sections E E, whichare of flat bar or plate form set up on edge, are made to interlock at their meeting ends by means of tapering tongue-and-socket joints formed by awedge or dovetail opening, 9, at their one end, and a correspondingly-shaped tongue, h, at their opposite end, whereby the rail-sections may be readily slipped to their places, one within the other, and be mutually supporting against vertical strain in opposite directions-that is, both up and down. The lap of the rail-sections does not interfere with the uniform width and thickness or flat bar-like construction of the whole rail. The supports G G are so arranged that the jointed or meet- 7 ing ends of the rai1sections rest upon the supports G G back of their forward upturned lips d d, to which they are secured by bolts, screws,

or rivets i Such construction and manner of supporting the rail effectually prevents any sagging of it when the rollers D D pass from one section to the other, and restrain it from springing in or out to impair the joint.

front lips, d d, back of and to which the rail- 9 LE GRAND TERRY.

Witnesses:

H. J. MILLER, LUTHER M. HAIR. 

